Humanism in business series, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 43 - 70
Published: Jan. 1, 2024
Language: Английский
AMBIO, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown
Published: April 5, 2025
Abstract Religious actors have great potential for influencing transformation processes toward environmentally sustainable societies. Influencing peoples’ worldviews, values, and group norms, they can promote (or block) pro-environmental attitudes, lifestyles, political decision-making. Yet, current scholarship is ambivalent about religion’s contribution to environmental sustainability. This perspective article outlines various roles religious assume in sustainability transitions. We suggest a systematization of four roles—(1) pioneering, (2) path-following, (3) passive observing, (4) prohibiting change—and portray five conditions that influence catalyze these roles—(a) theological commitment, (b) internal support, (c) resources, (d) social influence, (e) wider societal conditions. Generating this conceptual clarity crucial as it allows researchers policy recognize the diversity expressions with respect action, grasp under which are best equipped address challenges.
Language: Английский
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The Lancet Planetary Health, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 8(9), P. e706 - e713
Published: Sept. 1, 2024
Language: Английский
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Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 379(1893)
Published: Nov. 12, 2023
How did human societies evolve to become a major force of global change? What dynamics can lead on trajectory sustainability? The astonishing growth in population, economic activity and environmental impact has brought these questions the fore. This theme issue pulls together variety traditions that seek address using different theories methods. In this Introduction, we review organize strands work how Anthropocene evolved, evolutionary are influencing sustainability efforts today, what principles, strategies capacities will be important guide us towards future. We present set synthetic insights highlight frontiers for future research which could contribute consolidated synthesis. article is part 'Evolution sustainability: gathering an synthesis'.
Language: Английский
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Sustainability Science, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 19(4), P. 1169 - 1185
Published: May 24, 2024
Abstract Scholars and practitioners are urgently highlighting the need to apply a relational approach effectively address societal crises. At same time, little is known about associated challenges, there advice regarding how operationalize this in sustainability science. Against background, article explores we can break out of our current paradigms approaches, instead thinking, being, acting way conduct research. To achieve this, systematically list all major research phases, assess possible pathways for integrating paradigm each step. We show that moving toward requires us methodically question redefine existing theories change, concepts, instance by combining abductive reasoning, first-person inquiries, decentering human through critical complexity theory. Challenging mainstream thought, daring ask different questions step crucial ultimately shift scientific norms systems. Hence, offer catalog may help integrate into process, as tool transforming research, education practice. Finally, highlight importance further develop refine outcomes.
Language: Английский
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Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 291(2024)
Published: June 1, 2024
Over the history of humankind, cultural innovations have helped improve survival and adaptation to environmental stress. This has led an overall increase in human population size, which turn further contributed cumulative learning. During Anthropocene, or arguably even earlier, this positive sociodemographic feedback caused a strong decline important resources that, coupled with projected future transgression planetary boundaries, may potentially reverse long-term trend growth. Here, we present simple consumer/resource model that captures dynamics stochastic learning transmission, growth resource depletion changing environment. The idealized mathematical simulates boom/bust cycles between low-population subsistence, high-density exploitation subsequent decline. For slow recovery time scales absence climate forcing, predicts global collapse. Including simplified periodic find innovation can couple climatic forcing via nonlinear phase synchronization. We discuss relevance finding context innovation, anthropological record resilience our own predatory species.
Language: Английский
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Frontiers in Public Health, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 12
Published: Oct. 25, 2024
Global health systems are confronting challenges that intersect climate change with evolving communicable and non-communicable public risks. Addressing these requires integration via citizen big data exist outside systems. However, across jurisdictions is a complex challenge stakeholder input. This study's purpose was to conduct rapid mapping international system stakeholders inform the development implementation of global digital science observatory (DiScO), which aims catalyze transformation jurisdictions.
Language: Английский
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Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 382(2285)
Published: Nov. 13, 2024
In this article, we identify challenges in the complex interaction between artificial intelligence (AI) systems and society. We argue that AI need to be studied their socio-political context able better appreciate a diverse set of potential outcomes emerge from long-term feedback technological development, inequalities collective decision-making processes. This means assessing risks deployment any specific technology presents unique challenges. propose risk assessments concerning should incorporate perspective, with adequate models can represent short- effects feedback, along an emphasis on increasing public engagement participation process. article is part theme issue ‘Co-creating future: participatory cities digital governance’.
Language: Английский
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Published: July 11, 2024
Humanity faces a complex and dangerous global risk landscape, many different terms concepts have been used to make sense of it. One broad strand research characterises how emerges from the system, using like systemic risk, Anthropocene synchronous failure, negative social tipping points, polycrisis. Another focuses on possible worst-case outcomes, catastrophic (GCR), existential extinction risk. Despite their clear relevance each other, only limited connections made between these two strands. Here we provide framework which synthesises shows emergent properties system contribute outcomes. Specifically, generates hazards, amplification, vulnerability, latent as well challenges for GCR assessment mitigation. This lens helps us understand origins GCR, provides useful interface deeply related but infrequently connected bodies work, important insights reduction.
Language: Английский
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Geographical Research, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 62(3), P. 339 - 344
Published: Aug. 1, 2024
This commentary further explores the revolutionary possibilities of love using a therapeutic wayfinding analysis New Zealand's new Matariki public holiday and author's hamefarin/homecoming in mid-2022. Wayfinding underwrites our personal disciplinary journeywork futuring reinforces importance rest, repair, awakening, articulating "next normal." In winter, stars seemed to have rekindled their fires, moon achieves fuller triumph, heavens wear look exalted simplicity. (Burroughs, 2021, p. 3) Tell me, what is it you plan do with your one wild precious life? (Mary Oliver, 1992, Poem 133: The Summer Day) June 2022 was landmark winter for Aotearoa Zealand me. While borders would not fully open all travellers until end July, early my multispecies household relocated from Perth, Western Australia, Palmerston North so I could take up academic position at Massey University. Within three weeks homecoming (a hamefarin Shetland tradition), 51% Zealanders participated first celebration Matariki,1 Māori year (Jensen, 2024). Matariki—also known as Pleiades or Seven Sisters within constellation Taurus—is distinctive star cluster recognised commemorated many cultures across, example, Pacific, Greece, China (Andrews, 2004; see here here). will fall variably each on Friday July holds triple crown historical moment deep, slow, unsettling work decolonising regeneration. It since 1974 recognition signing Te Tiriti o Waitangi (Treaty Waitangi) between Rangatira British Crown. Second, recognising Ao (Māori worldview) differential timings nature iwi celebrating rise across motu (country). Third, reported global an Indigenous Indeed, "Matariki more than just holiday. Our [it] … be informed by key values such unity, sharing, feasting, coming together, environmental awareness" (Acting Associate Minister Arts, Culture Heritage Peeni Henare Radio Zealand, 2021). Since when this falls due, feels fitting remember, celebrate, ahead forum journal audience. As finalise work, ponder opportunities rhythmical relations infrastructures care spanning microbiomes outer space. My advances wayfinding—for myself communities which am placed interests—in times. Returning home terms moving countries ongoing becoming Tangata Tiriti, non-Māori honouring treaty—Te Waitangi—that gave lineage right belong here. motivation contribute regenerating among grassroot geography (Mouat, 2023). Others, too numerous mention, walk before beside me spectrum scale work. approach autoethnographic, akin "therapeutic wayfinding" powerfully showcased Geographical Research Alexander Burton (2021, 217). Therein, provides thick autoethnography insights into COVID "opportunity recognise injustices how bodies are politicised, medicalised, spatialised." For Burton, autoethnographic writing significant "an interpretive, emotional, embodied negotiation meanings practices" (p. We share common ground keen related might called needing done ourselves, especially nurturing selves, intersection society broad discipline. That need crucial because, Iain Hay (2024) has noted, parlous state. Where deviates reflexive that, gentle urgency, marks maps geographic constellations wayfinding. format suitable full that undertaken Doolan Gillespie (2022) relation geographical research sibling journal, Australian Geographer. Rather, inspired poets storytellers, including Mary who awakens oneness healing, Maria Popova (2019), whose Figuring Marginalian evocative quest meaning imperfect world, Isabelle Stengers's (2017, 1) advocacy "public intelligence sciences" based symbiotic, honest science. Hence, invites reflection sheer improbability fleetingly biological existence borrowed stardust. turn, compels us find temporary changing dynamics ethical relationships hamefarin, given stark contrasts deep slow workings dark matter galaxy. Such stellar symbiotic finetuning cleaves space advance much-needed governance innovations (Swyngedouw, 2005) regenerative ethics edge human species extinction during fifth industrial revolution. philosophical labours propose above involve grappling disorienting diffractions rethinking "history praxis beyond confines subjectivity teleology world lies us" 2023, 309). get past grief hopelessness still-possible flourishing futures. Back then, proposed pragmatic considerations: first, following Warne (2020, 74), "undoing colonisation mind" place-making; second, being mindful imperative build repertoire aroha developed unpacking benevolence, rationality, imperialism; third, learning, doing, learning again ways alterity (Davis, 2002, 146). Here, splice fourth consideration radical empathy mapping discipline, life kindred rhythms. championed love. Now, prompted further: trace ever-changing celestial rhythms repair hands-on geographers afar face loss emotions Anthropocentric realities (Matilde et al., 2023; McManus 2014; Westoby 2022). Midwinter geographer reckon, self, community service, leadership, agendas. also encourages honour university's planning programme kaupapa (guiding principle): Tiriti-led Planning Flourishing Futures. includes about Yet, struggle concurrently repairing entrenched enduring harms capitalism, colonialism, enlightened binary thinking. Thus, like requires "radical empathy" attuned context, compassion, self-representation enables from, feminist forms (Nencel, 2014, 81). Pursuing solastaglic expands frontiers collective anthropocentric impact tackle "the deeper problems sticking points associated not-yet" (Adam, 2024, 192). expansion reorient plural terrains, realms, communities. So, emancipatory (re)membering rekinning, vital reorienting self (more-than-)human kin kind. recollection means (un)settling migration stories prospects through "forms scenes attachment" better articulate futures (Anderson, Furthermore, tracing can understood dusting fingerprints (in)organic signatures. involves genealogical, theoretical, pedagogical, practical labours. Tracing makes visible connections, conceptual material intimacies, messy forensic identifications aspirations geographers. Being diverse international radically engaging vulnerability, breakthrough strategies deepen growth, encounters (Jordan & Schwartz, 2018). performative signalled we recognisable patterns empathy: fingerprints. Witness Figure 1, shows impromptu performance child's family airport lounge—a constrained place wayfinding, waiting, mobilising, imagining not-yet. heart display reminds small gestures matter: impermanence, spontaneity, transsubjective essential do. risk, reciprocity, repetition, reinforcement everyday missed, misunderstood, overwhelmed bigger movements dynamic unknown it's tradition, celebrated non-Māori, think that's because represents—remembering loved ones, are, having feast looking forward bright prosperous future. I'm proud eventuated we've been able something really important nation. (in Jensen, 28 June) midwinter reckoning worlds pathways revitalisation, reconciliation, unity wider evolving impact. some, organising celebrations 60 km coastal bonfires felt "inventing Christmas" (Hyde, 15 July). there fragile unicameral capitalist Zealand. future dates mapped 30 years (Radio 2021), perceptions risk arisen "commercial creep" 26 rapacious vicissitudes formal three-way coalition government 20232 raising legitimate concern reversed. To date, holidays flagged remain despite two forces. One encompasses extensive, unprecedented, reforms unravelling progressive social contract (notably equitable well-being obligations). other resurfaces Association Consumers Taxpayers party agenda remove January 2 'absorb cost Matariki'" (Daniels, June). Notably, dawn ceremony where rising sun read portents. At 5 AM Herald article Workplace Relations announcing forthcoming exposure draft far-reaching workplace reforms—relunctantly reassuring "this Government, no plans back holidays" What become cannot know, longer believe predict command it. But act way itself its own uncertainty such. sciences still "side-step assumed non-factual Now ourselves revisit approaches, explore current challenges, trouble habits mind [to open] futurity seriously" 191). Consequently, foreground deficits capacities pluralist present, must engage if continued depended upon it, does. end, speaks existing support interventions galvanise inclusive politics revitalising harm classrooms, communities, emerging witness strategic tactical mildly subversive acts DIY urbanism globally distributed creative protests crochet coral reefs (Mouat Buksh, 2024) decolonising/Indigenising agendas exercise privilege made possible" (Boswell 1). With colonization there's lot disruption. they couldn't disrupt sky. You can't mine sky; move people Charmaine Green (Mann, 2016) Unfortunately, mining sky now imagination political ambitions—popularised via movies Avatar—whereupon others attend functional frameworks peaceful use Sleep next extractive capitalism science broken planet colonise displace day (Crary, 2013). Instead, collaboration Country cultures, appreciate darkness/dark already-populated sacred complex intergenerational more-than-human (Country 2022, sky-sharing meaningful car-naming conventions urgent single-mindedly chasing scientific dividends exploration, mining, tourism. gets attention number, naming, focus "star billing," will. These strikingly similar, enriching, enchanting exhort environments other. Made hundreds Taurus constellation, reminder constellation; digital collage images rendered single visage pixelating effects clustering like-minded folk could, abused, censure obscure ordinary Avoiding outcomes difficult conversations represent, enabling transformative empathetic loving ways. final analysis, (worldview); unification astronomy, science, society; insufficiencies permanently fixing calendars understanding universe. should alert fact expert cosmologists gathered London Royal Society endeavours update long-held fixed universe (Donovan, Most likely, proceeding without doing necessary wayfaring, sky-sharing, empathy, therapeutically wayfind not-yet require stamina, collaboration, challenging rewarding rest sharing kai (food) braid respective tikanga (protocols) reflect lives. "exalted simplicity" possible time twinkling readies eternal vigilance care. Open access publishing facilitated University, part Wiley - University agreement Council Librarians. There funding received acknowledgement commentary. conflicts interest disclosed. requirement approvals participation Data applicable data were created analysed study.
Language: Английский
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IntechOpen eBooks, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown
Published: June 5, 2024
Pellagra is caused by a diet with little meat or milk and reliance on maize. Pellagrins suffer from poor cognitive social skills. was cured nicotinamide (vitamin B3) but before that pellagrins were considered inferior dangerous degenerates known as the “Butterfly Caste” after characteristic sunburn rash. Quests for drove diaspora “out of Africa” sharing being norm. After domestication animals “meat elites” across classes, castes, sexes continents emerged. Nomads migrating to northern Europe created mixed pastoralist-farmer populations whose fermentation cultures genetic innovations allowed lactose tolerance. Skin lightened sunlight, needed synthesise vitamin D. rare. Conquests encouraged their view they superior race rather than blessed diet. Ruling classes high combined forces cereal dependant workers (with higher fertility) whilst “lumpenproletariat” economic vegetarians. Social contracts broke down rebellions, slaves, oppressed sharecroppers refugees bore bear brunt (subclinical)pellagra often in ex-colonial subjects—to whom dietary reparations could bridge international inequality gaps.
Language: Английский
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